本文是金庸在一个讲座上的演讲稿,原载《明报月刊》,这里我只摘录了金庸谈历史部分,去除了一些冗余庞杂。纵观中国历史,大概可以看到这样一个规律:我们的民族先是统一强盛,后来慢慢腐化,组织力量衰退……大家希望听我讲小说,其实写小说并没有什么学问,大家喜欢看也就过去了。我对历史倒是有点兴趣。今天我想简单地讲一个问题,就是中华民族如此长期地、不断地发展壮大,到底有何道理,有哪些规律?这几年我常在英国牛津大学,对英国文学、英国历史和 This article is Jin Yong speech in a lecture, the original “Ming Pao Monthly”, where I only extract the historical part of Jin Yong, to remove some of the complexity of the complex. Looking at the history of China, we can see a law like this: Our nation is first unified and prosperous, and then slowly corrupting and the organizational strength is deteriorating ...... Everyone hopes to hear my novels and in fact they have no knowledge of writing novels. Passed I’m a bit interested in history. Today, I would like to simply say one question: Is the Chinese nation developing and growing in such a long-term manner? In the past few years, I have been studying English literature, British history and